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Green beans are known by many common names, including French beans, [4] string beans (although most modern varieties are "stringless"), [4] and snap beans [4] or simply "snaps." [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In the Philippines, they are also known as "Baguio beans" or " habichuelas " to distinguish them from yardlong beans .
Some varieties develop a string along the pod; these are generally cultivated for dry beans, as green stringy beans are not commercially desirable. The beans are smooth, plump, kidney-shaped, up to 1.5 cm long, range widely in color and are often mottled in two or more colors. The beans maintain their germination capacity for up to 5 years.
The word 'bean', for the Old World vegetable, existed in Old English, [3] long before the New World genus Phaseolus was known in Europe. With the Columbian exchange of domestic plants between Europe and the Americas, use of the word was extended to pod-borne seeds of Phaseolus, such as the common bean and the runner bean, and the related genus Vigna.
The beans discussed above are all snap or string beans and eaten while still in the pod. Shelling beans are beans removed from the pod. They must be thoroughly cooked. If uncooked, these beans can ...
Assuming one pound of green beans contains 35 to 40 pieces and yields about 3 cups of chopped beans, you’ll need about one pound for a party of three, assuming you’re making roasted, steamed ...
Phaseolus (bean, wild bean) [2] is a genus of herbaceous to woody annual and perennial vines in the family Fabaceae containing about 70 plant species, all native to the Americas, primarily Mesoamerica.
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A green bean or "string bean" A runner bean; David "Stringbean" Akeman, (1915-1973) singer-songwriter, banjo player; Butler May, known as "Stringbeans", (1894-1917) American vaudeville and blues performer